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  1. Born870s?
    Died17 July 924 · Farndon, Cheshire, Mercia
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    His reputation rose in the late twentieth century and he is now seen as destroying the power of the Vikings in southern England while laying the foundations for a south-centred united English kingdom. Edward the Elder was King of the Anglo-Saxons from 899 until his death in 924. He was the elder son of Alfred the Great and his wife Ealhswith.
    Complete political unification of the country was achieved during the reign of his son and successor, Athelstan. (died 924). The son of Alfred the Great, Edward the Elder was an Anglo-Saxon king of England. As ruler of the West Saxons, or Wessex, from 899 to 924, he recaptured a large…
    Edward the Elder ruled England from the year 899 to the year 924. During the reign of his father Alfred the Great, Edward the Elder had taken an active role in his campaigns against the Vikings. On the great Alfred's death the succession was disputed between Edward or Eadweard and Ethelwald, the son of Alfred's elder brother Ethelred I .
    In 924 he faced a Mercian and Welsh revolt at Chester, and after putting it down he died at Farndon in Cheshire on 17 July 924. He was succeeded by his eldest son, Æthelstan. Edward's two youngest sons later reigned as kings Edmund I and Eadred .
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    WebJun 28, 2017 · Well-trained by Alfred, his son Edward 'the Elder' (reigned 899-924) was a bold soldier who defeated the Danes in Northumbria at Tettenhall in 910 and was acknowledged by the Viking kingdom of York. …

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